My old E250 van has over 200k on it & its still being used everyday. It runs great & uses very little oil.

 

To bring up an old old thread. I have currently have a 97 F150 4.6 auto 4x4 and it has 199,997 miles on it. I will be hitting 200k today on my way to work in my. I change the oil every 3k miles and only use about 3/4-1qt in that time. It still runs like a champ .

 

A friend of mine has a light duty 97 f250 with 250,000 miles on it. He runs the crap out of it & it just keeps going. My work has a 97 & a 99 E250 with over 200,000 miles on them. They are ragged out but the old 5.4s still run ok. They both use some oil. The bodies are shot & they drive terrible but they still run.

 

208K miles on my F150.
123K miles on the Nagiator.
248K miles on the Tbird.
JL

 

I've seen a 97 F150 4x4 4.6 that had 280K on it. It still ran like new. Also, the local Sheriff has a 99 or 00 2wd Expedition that had 205K on its 5.4 and it still ran like new.

 

1997 4x4 4.6 F-150 209k miles engine runs perfect, tranny started slippin around 170k my uncle at ford got me a new one for around 1k New altenator some where in there. I think it probably needs ball joints. It still drives perfect, cranks up perfect, idles perfect, and runs perfect. I drive it WOT all the time, tow a boat, a jet ski, 4 wheelers, fire wood compost, scrap metal. I abuse it in every way, gotten it stuck in mud above the bumpers, got snatched out and everything on it still worked perfect and no water got in the cab. I run 93 in it because it has a spark knock w/ 87. Cleaned the EGR ports just like almost everybody else on this forum w/ a 97-03 truck.

1998 E150 140k miles work truck the seat is the most uncomfortable piece of garbage that has ever killed my back we just had the bushings on the drag links replaced, new ball joints. That is all we have ever had done to it, other than routine maintenance. Belt, fluids, filters, ect. It drives like garbage. I don't know if its shocks or what, but It is horrible to drive at speeds over 40. But it cranks up and runs everyday. Its startr probably has more cranks on it than 98% of other delivery/work vehicles out there.

I'll just say that when someone comes on here and says they have 200k + miles on a truck and have 0 problems well.... they may not of had transmission problems like I did but you will always have some kind of small problems that have needed attention.

 

My son's 95 T-bird (4.6) has ~140k. We tore down the engine because the frost plugs behind the timing chain cover rotted through and filled the crankcase with radiator fluid. I think that the previous owner did not maintain it very well. It's California and some folks seem to think you don't really need anti-freeze.

We measured everything and reassembled. We replaced the timing chain kit, honed the cylinders, fresh rings, and frost plugs (it was probably overkill) but there was nothing to be concerned about. This engine has at least another 150k ahead of it.

The transmission needs some minor work, but the engine will keep on truckin'.

 

My 2001 F250 5.4L has 212,000 miles. Been rode hard and put away wet more times that I can count. Over size tires hunting and mud bogs. Never replaced a thing on it. Even with a lot of extra HP mods. Still going.

 

just turned 180000 still runs good, tow a 5000lb camper

Hard on gas but still does not use oil

 

My work van, a 2005 E-250, has 165K and I add 1000 a week. Runs like new and last week got 17.6 mpg loaded on a 500 mile trip! Oil changes come @ 5K miles and barely is off of the full mark. Last week I also got the P0401 code on it. I'll send it to the shop next week.

 

My cousin who rebuilds 97-03 f-150's saw 997,000 on a 2wd f-150 that was wrecked didnt say whether it had the 5.4l or the 4.6l... probably a 4.6l...

 

I have a '97 4.6 E150 cargo van. Bought it new. It has 223k miles on it. It has a factory 6600 lb GVRW and it runs constantly at at 1000-1300 lbs overweight. I did put some overloads and a rear sway bar on it. I converted to Amsoil 0w-30 synthetic at 6k mi and have never changed it since. I run an additional by-pass filter and change the two of them every 20k, then top off with two quarts of new oil. I currently burn 1qt in about 4500 miles. It is now dripping a little bit on the driveway as well.

I changed the tranny fluid at 149k, replace frt pads every 27k mi and just did the first rear breaks at 218k. All hoses, belts, fuel filter, waterpump, starter etc are original. Never had any engine work other than two sparkplug changes. The Michelins last about 55K. It consistantly averages between 14.5 and 15.5 mpg in mixed driving.

I did just have all the bushings in the front end replaced, it was getting real scary on the fwy but the van is still a pleasure to drive.

This has been the best vehicle I've ever owned.

 

I have a laundry list of high mile 4.6, 5.4, and even a 6.8 motor. The highest though is my dads 97 f150 with over 300,000 miles and runnin strong next would be my old 97 Expedition with 189,000 miles when I got rid of it and it ran strong as ever. My brother has a 99 f150 with almost 140,000 miles and runs strong and pulls his boat all over the place. My current expo has 118,183 miles and runs way strong with its updated pi heads on the nice 5.4.

 

Do you mean 300,000 or are you just being funny?

 

I meant 300,000 thanks.